Terms of Reference (TOR) of Green Job Focused Start and Improve Your Business (SYIB) Training

Terms of Reference (TOR) Green Job Focused Start and Improve Your Business (SYIB) Training

Center for Development and Disaster Management (CDM-Nepal)

CDM-Nepal is a leading non-governmental development and humanitarian organization of Province 5 of Nepal. Established in 2000 in Butwal, CDM-Nepal has worked in DRM, CCA, WASH, livelihood and GBV. CDM’s programmes have historically been targeted at underprivileged women and children. Origins of CDM-Nepal CDM-Nepal’s origin can be traced back to 1993, the year Rupandehi district experienced one of the devastating floods in its history. Having seen the havoc brought by the disaster, a group of local development professionals joined hands to informally set up “Save the Environment and Rural Development Institute (SERDI)”, which later became CDM-Nepal during official registration in 2000. Vision: Our vision is to make just, equitable, peaceful, prosperous and disaster-resilient society for all citizens of Nepal. 

Mission: Our mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families in the poorest, vulnerable, socially excluded and marginalized communities of Nepal. 

Objectives

Reduce – Contribute to substantially reduce disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries 

IMPROVE – Improve socio-economic status of the poor, marginalized and vulnerable sections of the community by implementing risk-informed, gender-responsive and inclusive livelihood improvement, health, WASH and education programmes with a rights-based perspective PARTNERSHIP – Partner with local governments and civil society organizations for programme design, implementation and evaluation 

LEARNING – Generate learning through applied research on relevant socio-economic, climate, disaster and environmental issues and utilize learning for advocacy and also utilize for organizational development 

GOVERNANCE – Advocate and campaign at the local, province and national levels to address the root causes of development challenges

Background: 

CDM-Nepal is a national non-governmental development and humanitarian organization having Head Quarter in Butwal, Lumbini Province, Nepal. Established in 2000 in Rupandehi, CDM-Nepal has worked in disaster risk reduction, climate action, water sanitation and hygiene promotion, livelihoods and gender equity and social inclusion including gender-based violence. CDM’s target beneficiaries include marginalized women, children, youth and vulnerable communities. CDM worked in Rupandehi, Nawalparasi, Kapilvastu, Arghakhachi, Gulmi, Palpa, Okhaldhunga, Doti, Dadeldhura, Baitadi, Kathmandu and Achham Districts.

CDM-Nepal was registered with the District Administration Office of Rupandehi in 16 May 2000 with registration number 466-057/058. It is affiliated with the Social Welfare Council of Nepal Government in 2000 with registration number 11639/057. Since its establishment, it has become a member of NGO Federation Nepal, National Disaster Preparedness Network (DPNet) Nepal since 2008 and a founding member of National Network of Community Disaster and Climate Risk Management Committee (NCDMC). District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) of Rupandehi district has selected CDM-Nepal as the current District Lead Support Agency (DLSA) of Rupandehi district. Since 2017, CDM-Nepal has been providing technical and other support to Lumbini Provincial Government as Province Lead Support Agency (PLSA).

CDM Nepal has invited to submit proposals from eligible individuals with relevant experiences on "Start and Improve Your Business'' to facilitate training to the  micro  entrepreneurs of Community Resilient Programme III project from Sammarimai, Kotaimai , Marchawari , Siyari and Suddhodhan Rural Municipality of Rupandehi district. Entrepreneurship development training is essential to micro entrepreneurs along with other training and inputs/technical assistance to improve their services and/or assess their efforts against best practice standards. In line with the project objective for resilient income generation, the project will help micro entrepreneurs to start up and revive their businesses. 

Objectives of the Assignment:

The objective of this TOR is to engage a qualified trainer with co-trainer to conduct a training program on the SIYB program. The training program will be targeted at entrepreneurs and small business owners who are looking to start or improve their businesses.

    Facilitate the “Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB)” training based on standard of International Labor Organization (ILO) manual to training participants.

    Facilitate to develop the individual business plan of the micro enterprises as per the preference of beneficiary's, with details of essentials material support required, in the business startup.

    To enable the selected beneficiaries to start and grow their enterprise

Scope of Services and Tasks and Activities to be completed:

The overall scope of this assignment is to hire a consultant to facilitate the ILO certified entrepreneurship development training called “Start and Improve Your Business-SIYB”. Activities will include, but may not be limited to, the following: 

      Preparation for the sessions, resources and submission the session to CDM Nepal prior to training.

      Execute pre and post-test evaluation of the participants. 

      Facilitate the training program as lead facilitator in 4 places in December 2024. Therefore, the consultant should propose a lead facilitator for the said trainings. 

      The consultant should ensure that the task will be completed within 1 month (4 events in X 4 days X 4 rural municipalities in December, 2024), (number of events and is subject to change/increase).

      Facilitator has prime responsible to collection and preparation of the training materials, facilitation and reporting for the training.

Outputs/Deliverables

The following deliverables are expected from the consultant in due process of the assignment:

      Conduct and facilitation of the entrepreneurship training at municipal level to 100 IGA selected members through 4 training events. 

      Finalization of comprehensive business plan, costing of the multiple products for 100 trainees. 

      Trainees increased ability to follow the developed business plan.

      Trainees improved ability to start enterprises and marketing of their product

      Training materials from the consultant and a combined training completion report

Reporting Line

The consultant will report to CDM's Program Manager of the CRP III programme of CDM Nepal.

Time-frame

The training should be completed within 1 month (4 events X 4 days facilitation X 2 days preparation and reporting) for 100 micro entrepreneurs in December, 2024. The exact dates will be determined in consultation with the trainers. 

Qualifications and experience of the consultant

     Minimum a Bachelor’s degree in Business study or social sciences-related fields. Preferably a master’s degree. 

     At least 3 years experiences with certified as SIYB trainer from IEDI Secretariat on developing and delivering the content of SIYB training. 

     Experience in business management and entrepreneurship, including the challenges and opportunities that entrepreneurs and small business owners face.

     Highly preferable to understand the local context/language and community of Rupandehi District. 

     Extensive knowledge on Business development and micro entrepreneurship.  

     Excellent report writing skills in both English and Nepali.

     Capacity to present the content in clear and straightforward to the targeted participants.

     Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

     Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Payment Schedule

All statuary tax shall be deducted to all payment as per the taxation rules of Nepal Government 

    First Installment: 30% upon both parties’ agreement

    Second (final) Installment: 70 % of agreement amount will be paid after training completion and the acceptance the final training report and submission of final invoices based on agreement.

Interested & eligible individuals invited to submit their technical proposal including letter of interest, profiles/relevant experiences, CVs and financial proposal including facilitation cost and associated costs of the training by–5th December 2024 (before 5 pm) as softcopy via email: info@cdmnepal.org with the subject line Trainer for SIYB Training.

CDM Nepal reserves the right to fully or partially cancel the bid and is not bound to any legal claim in this regard.

Consultant will be evaluated based on the following:

Centre for Development and Disaster Management (CDM-Nepal)

Siddharthanagar-08, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Email: info@cdmnepal.org